Chapter 1
HBA Overview
3
Operating System and Technology
Requirements
The HBA requires the OS and technology levels listed in
TABLE 1-2
.
Maximum FC cable length
2 Gb/s: 500 meters using 50/125
µ
m core OM3 fiber
300 meters using 50/125
µ
m core OM2 fiber
150 meters using 62.5/125
µ
m core OM1 fiber
4 Gb/s: 380 meters using 50/125
µ
m core OM3 fiber
150 meters using 50/125
µ
m core OM2 fiber
70 meters using 62.5/125
µ
m core OM1 fiber
8 Gb/s: 150 meters using 50/125
µ
m core OM3 fiber
50 meters using 50/125
µ
m core OM2 fiber
21 meters using 62.5/125
µ
m core OM1 fiber
LED indicators
Two LEDs per port (yellow and green) on the front panel as status indicators.
Maximum power
consumption
13.3W (dual port), 10.1W (signal port)
Form Factor
Low-profile MD2 form factor
TABLE 1-2
Supported Operating System/Technology Versions
Operating System/Technology
Supported Versions
Solaris 10 OS for the x64 and x86
(32-bit and 64-bit) platforms
(Supports MPXIO)
• Solaris 10 8/07 (all updates)
Solaris 10 OS for the SPARC (64-bit)
platform (Supports MPXIO)
• Solaris 10 (all updates)
Linux OS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6 (32-bit and 64-bit), U5
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1 (32-bit and 64-bit), U1
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 (32-bit and 64-bit), SP4
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (32-bit and 64-bit), SP1
TABLE 1-1
HBA Features and Specifications
Feature
(Continued)
Description
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